JOB: Physics Research Associate

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is currently advertising for a Grade 7 "Research Associate in Small Molecule Migration in Complex Matrices".

The opportunity arises following the award of a grant to Dr Buddha Chakrabarti (funded by Mondelez International PLC and is part of the EPSRC grant EP/P007864/1 http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/P007864/1) which seeks to understand migration mechanism of small molecules in complex mixtures (e.g polymer solutions, gels, etc.) with an interface
that is either buried in bulk or exposed to the atmosphere with particular focus on flavour migration through gum that is the core of Mondelez’s interests.

Contributing to the theoretical work that is currently being developed in Dr. Chakrabarti’s group, the main objective is to identify physical drivers and develop quantitative models of phase separation, wetting behaviour and flavor migration in complex systems rooted in equilibrium and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and coarse-grained numerical methods.

The successful candidate will have a PhD in physics/chemistry/computational chemistry/chemical engineering or a related discipline with research focus ontheoretical soft matter physics, with a strong track-record in coarse-grained numerical simulations including Langevin Dynamics/Molecular Dynamics/MonteCarlo methods for soft matter systems in particular polymers, and polymeric gels. Experience in building models and techniques rooted in classical field theories (Mean field, self-consistent field theories, scaling analysis) applied to phase transitions is also highly desirable.

Please see attached for the full job description. Applications should be submitted via goo.gl/AafA3N.

This post is fixed-term for 36 months and the job reference is UOS018657.

Closing Date: 6 April 2018

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